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Roodepoort
City in Gauteng, South Africa

Roodepoort

Roodepoort is a city in the Gauteng province of South Africa.

Plan a trip to Roodepoort→From Polokwane

Formerly an independent municipality, Roodepoort became part of the Johannesburg municipality in the late 1990s, along with Randburg and Sandton. Johannesburg's most famous botanical garden, Witwatersrand National Botanical Gardens, is located in Roodepoort.

How locals move

Getting around Roodepoort the local way

  • Get aroundSeveral tour operators are available: Imbizo Tours.
  • Get aroundProfessional tour guides using luxury minivans.
  • Get aroundSoweto-based tour operator offering fully guided day and night tours of this chaotic but otherwise energetic and vibrant place.
  • Get aroundTours use private cars and minibuses and include visits to many cultural, heritage and historical places including buffet lunch/ dinner/ supper.

From Wikivoyage: Johannesburg/Soweto, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

Text adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Photograph: Charles J. Sharp (CC BY-SA 4.0), Wikimedia Commons.